Pozor Rossii

[Alina Israeli]

Its counterpart was very seriously discussed by very serious  
commentators in a variety of very serious news outlets in Russia. The  
list was not created for entertainments. This list, i.e. Pozor Rossii  
is unlikely to be created as entertainment either. SEELANGS might see  
it as entertainment, but this is a totally different subject. Most of  
us also laugh at clowns.

Alina

On Jan 15, 2009, at 6:59 PM, David Powelstock wrote:

> I honestly cannot imagine what Alina and Edward mean by "value" in  
> their
> posts that caused them to react so curtly on the list.  I think  
> it's pretty
> clear that the only value anyone who posted about this to the list was
> seeing in this site was *entertainment* value (together with a  
> window into
> other people's minds: always interesting). Entertainment value is  
> very far
> from no value whatsoever.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> David Powelstock
> Brandeis University
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Edward M Dumanis
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:17 PM
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Pozor Rossii
>
> I second Alina's opinion.
> It should be clear that such lists have no value whatsoever.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>
>
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009, Alina Israeli wrote:
>
>> Considering that Novodvorskaya is ahead of Dzerzhinsky, this has  
>> as much
>> value as its counterpart with the mythical Alexander Nevsky as  
>> winner.
>>
>>
>> On Jan 14, 2009, at 6:30 AM, John Dunn wrote:
>>
>>> Those who followed the furore surrounding the TV/Internet project  
>>> 'Имя
>>> России' [Imja Rossii] may also be interested in its 'mirror  
>>> image' Позор
>>> России [Pozor Rossii]:
>>>
>>> www.badnameofrussia.ru
>>>
>>> I won't spoil the fum by saying who is currently leading the  
>>> poll, but
>>> there is perhaps a thesis to be written on the fact that at the  
>>> time of
>>> writing Ksenija Sobchak is in sixth position, one place behind  
>>> Stalin,
> but
>>> one ahead of Lenin.
>>>
>>
>> Alina Israeli
>> LFS, American University
>> 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
>> Washington DC. 20016
>> (202) 885-2387	fax (202) 885-1076
>> aisrael at american.edu
>>
>>
>>
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Alina Israeli
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington DC. 20016
(202) 885-2387 	
fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu




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